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Deg 16, 1924.

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' U ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 16,1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LE ROY TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NELSON M. WAY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

GAME.

Application filed January 16, 1922.

apparatus for use in playing a game simulating football in miniature inwhich two players assume the character of two opposing football teamsand each strivesjto ad- Vance the game piece across his opponents goalline as in actual .football. The movements of the game piece are.controlled bya pack of cards,which indicate not only the distanceforward or backward the game piece or ball is to be moved, but also thedirection and distance laterally that itis to go on a given play. Amarker or linesman may be used to keep track of the gains made by eitherside.

The board on which the game is played comprises three parts: A footballfield diagrammatically represented occupying the middle portion andmarked C in the accompanying drawing, Figure 1, and two end fields ofdifferent colors, A and B, one at either end of the board behind thegoal lines of the football field, C.

It is essential to this game that the football field represented on theboard should be divided lengthwise into several sections or lanes andthat these sections or lanes should be differentiated by characteristiccolors or marks; that the cards with which the game-is played shouldalso be divided into a number of suits of differently marked 40 orcolored cards, there being one suit for each lane of the board. Thus, ifthere be three lanes laid out onthe field, there must be also threesuits of cards in the deck. Furthermore, the end fields aredifferentiated from each other by different colors, which colors arealso comprised within those of the the distance, the ball is kicked; theIpips on different suits of the cards.

Referring more particularly to the drawm T igure 1 represents the boardin a form adapted to illustrate the foregoing, on which the footballfield has four sections or lanes distinguished by markings suitable forplaying the game with an ordinary poker My invention relates to animproved game Serial No. 529,578.

deck or with specially designed cards having four suits marked withhearts, spades, clubs and diamonds in any arrangement.

Figures 2 and 3 show cards suitably designed for play with the boarddesigned as shown inthe drawing.

Figure 4 is the game piece or ball inplan view and Figure 5 is the samein elevation.

Figure 6 is the marker or linesman used to measure the distance gainedon the downs. This may be dispensed with.

It will be understood that the boa-rdmay, without departing from theprinciple of this invention have more or less than four lanes in thefootball field and that the sections or lanes may simply be. coloreddifferently, asfor instance blue, red, green and black. In the lattercase the cards with which the game is played must have four suits, whichmay be marked simply with blue, red, green and black numbers. I do notlimit myself to any prescribed number of playing cards but a poker deckof fifty-two cards is very satisfactory if the football field is dividedinto four lanes marked as in, Fi e 1,with diamonds (a), spades (b), clus (c) and hearts (d).

The apparatus being thus described the game may be played in thefollowing manner if we use the board as shown in Figure 1 and a. pokerdeck.

Let us assume that in Figure 1 the end field, A, is colored redand thatthe end field, B, is colored black. One player chooses the red end fieldand becomes the red team; the other plays from the black end field andbecomes captain of the black team. A cut of the cards determines whichshall receive the ball. team gets the ball, this team puts it into playby kicking off. To do this the black team places the game piece or ball,Figure 4, on the forty yardl 'line measuring from the goal. line attheblack' end of the board and turns up a card from the deck. The numberon this card multiplied by 5 gives the card show the portion of the eldon which the ball is caught by the red team. Thus, if the card turnedupon kick off is the ten of diamonds the ball is kicked fifty yardstowards'the red teams goal and is caught at thered ten yard line in thelane,

a, marked with a, diamond.

Assuming that the black yards in the desired direction and is downed inthe lane, 0, marked with a club. Unless the red player makes theIBCtllIOd. ten yards in four plays or downs, t e black player takes theballand in a similar manner advances it toward the red goal.

' The player announcesthe play he will attem t before he turns the card.v

The rules may thus prescribe the followin system of gains: V

in general the rules of intercollegiate football are to be observed andthe player must make ten yards in four downs or lose the ballto hisopponent. v

If the player having the ball calls a straight line play or end run, thecards have the actual value in yards denoted by the numbers on theirfaces. On a play of this sort, however, if a face card is turned, itindicates an offside p'lay.- If the face card turned is the color of theteam of the'player turning it, his team is offside; if itisthe color ofthe opposing team, that team is ofiside. 'The penalty for being offsideis 5 yards, but the ball does not change hands.

On running the ball back from kick-off orfrom a punt, the ballis'advanced twice the number of yards indicated by the card turned. Onthis play, all face cards, have the same value as a ten spot. I

When a forward pass is called, the ball advances three times as manyyards" as the number on the card turned. f, however, a face card of thecolor of the players team is turned, the 7 layer is offside, the pass ais intercepted and ie-is penalized 5 yards.

If a face card of the opposingcolor, is turned, the opposing teamhasintercepted the pass, obtained the ball and run'it' back 10 yardsfor afirst down. A ain'ifany card from ace toten is turned-0% ing color, theforward pass isvunsuccessful, the ball is-grounded and a down withoutgain is counted.

,If the player announces a try for a field goal, he ls'suocessful onlyif the number turned multiplied by 4 would be suflicient to-carrv theball from the position whence the kick is made to the goal line, andfurthermore only if the card is-marked with the pips indicating thelanes 6 and c, that is, by spades and clubs In case of an unsuccesstheoppos- 1 ful try for a field goal theopposing player gets the ball onhis twenty yard line.

On a kick off or glnt, the ball is advanced five times'the num r ofyards indicated by the card turned and face cards have'the value often.

'In all cases, however, the ball comes to rest in the lane indicated bythe suit of the card turned on the "lay 7 Having thus described myinvention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: V. 1.In a game apparatus, a board representing in miniatureva'. standardfootball field, divided lengthwise of the field, a game piece orball,and a pack of cards, divided into suits corresponding in number with thedivisions of the field, substantially as described.

2. In a game apparatus, the combination of a board on which isdelineated a miniature football field andpfields of different colorsbehind the goal lines, the football field havingseveral divisionslengthwise thereof, each division differentiated by color; a

movable game piece or balland a-pack of cards having a number of suitscorrespond ing in number and color vwith the said dia number of suits,there being one suit colored and marked to correspond with the color andmark of each lane upon the-board and the cards of each suit beingdifferentiated by the number of such distinguishing marks," this systemof colors and marks controlling the distance anddirection o f'movementof the game piece upon the board.

4. The combination in a game apparatus of a board having delineated uponit a football field in miniature, with end fields behind each goal line,one colored red and the other black, the football field havingdivisionslengthwise, or lanes, marked respectively, diamonds, spades,clubs and hearts; a moveable game piece or ball. and. .a poker deck ofcards marked in the'regulm tion manner.

signature this 31st LE ROY TAYLOR,

y r In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my day of December, 1921.

